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The Bipolar Social Club is a community of people who've come together to help each other on our mental health journeys. Paul M. English (born 1963) is an American tech entrepreneur, computer scientist and philanthropist. He is the founder of Boston Venture Studio, and previously cofounded and served as CTO of Kayak. In 2012, Kayak was acquired by Priceline for $1.8 billion. Before Kayak, English had created a number of companies, including the customer service company GetHuman; the ecommerce websitedesign company Boston Light, which was acquired by Intuit; and the antispam software company Intermute, which was acquired by Trend Micro.

English cofounded Summits Education, a network of 41 schools in Haiti, created in partnership with the Haitian Ministry of National Education and Partners In Health, a nonprofit where English serves as a director. He also founded King Boston, a racialjustice project which includes the creation of a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at Boston Common and the King Center for Economic Justice in Roxbury, Boston. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx